JSON Lines rules explained

Record boundaries without object-only assumptions

Understand records, root values, line endings and blank-line behavior.

Records6 min read

JSON Lines record rules: one value on each line

Treat each non-blank line as a complete independent JSON text.

JSON values6 min read

Arrays, strings, numbers, booleans and null are valid JSON records too.

Line endings6 min read

Keep record boundaries explicit across LF, CRLF and malformed lone CR input.